A27064:897
Universal redemption of mankind, by the Lord Jesus Christ stated and cleared by the…
Universal redemption of mankind, by the Lord Jesus Christ stated and cleared by the late learned Mr. Richard Barter [sic] ; whereunto is added a short account of Special redemption, by the same author.
London: printed for John Salusbury, 1694
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
3. It is the words of the Holy Ghost who is the Spirit of truth, and sent to lead the Apostles into all truth: And shall we feign the Spirit of Truth to assert a falsehood, merely because men profess that falsehood, and this after they reject that profession. Wicked men say Christ bought them, and afterward renounce or deny Christ, ⟨p. 327⟩therefore the Spirit of God shall write it to the Churches as Gods word, that Christ did buy them, even they who once falsely said so, but now deny him: O what a bold dealing it is with the Holy Ghost to interpret his words thus, without any need or fair reason!
3. It is the words of the Holy Ghost who is the Spirit of truth, and sent to lead the Apostles into all truth: And shall we feign the Spirit of Truth to assert a falsehood, meerly because men profess that falsehood, and this after they reject that profession. Wicked men say Christ bought them, and afterward renounce or deny Christ, ⟨p. 327⟩therefore the Spirit of God shall write it to the Churches as Gods word, that Christ did buy them, even they who once falsely said so, but now deny him: O what a bold dealing it is with the Holy Ghost to interpret his words thus, without any need or fair reason!
4. May not a Man by this dealing say what he will as the meaning of Scripture? May not almost any truth of God expressly affirmed in Scripture, be said to be spoken [Greek or Hebrew], and not [Greek or Hebrew]? God saith as Man would have him, and in giving his Laws to be a rule to the World, he speaks untruly, because men speak so before him, making their speeches the rule of his speech, which is a rule to them.
4. May not a Man by this dealing say what he will as the meaning of Scripture? May not almost any truth of God expresly affirmed in Scripture, be said to be spoken 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, and not ? God saith as Man would have him, and in giving his Laws to be a rule to the World, he speaks untruly, because men speak so before him, making their speeches the rule of his speech, which is a rule to them.